In April 2020, the Queensland Government acted quickly to legislate its COVID-19 response for residential tenancies. One temporary provision dealt with Domestic and Family Violence, allowing victims to end their tenancy agreement with just 7 days’ notice. On Friday 30th…
In our February Newsletter, we spoke about organisations like Coast2Bay Housing Group that provide housing for people struggling financially from the Covid crisis. The properties are provided by private landlords (through agents like us), and a Head Lease is signed…
The vacancy rate throughout south-east Queensland continues at record lows, with our current office vacancy rate sitting below 0.2% since November last year. While this is good news for investors, many tenants who would normally have no problem securing a…
TO OUR OWNER & TENANT CLIENTS Following state health directives, we will be limiting our services for the next 3 days (30th Mar – 1st April) as follows: Routine property inspections will be postponed. Tenants will receive a new…
Article in Moreton Daily News, March 22nd 2021. Being named the AREA ‘Most Influential Woman in the Property Market’ for 2020 has given North Lakes property manager Laura Valenti a powerful platform to raise awareness of domestic and family violence….
We are proud to launch our new website page – dedicated to Domestic & Family Violence Awareness, and how it relates to residential tenancies. If you are a property investor or a tenant, or are employed in Real Estate, you…
The uncertainty of COVID-19 with respect to tenancy laws and the moratorium on evictions plunged the insurance industry into a panic for a couple of months. Because the rules had suddenly changed, Landlords were exposed to higher risks of…
To limit social contact at the beginning of the COVID crisis, we asked all those interested in renting our properties to submit an application form prior to viewing. We were then able to narrow down possible prospects before inviting them…
Starting the journey back to normal tenancy arrangements In April this year, the Queensland Government acted quickly to legislate its COVID-19 response for residential tenancies, implementing among other measures a 6-month moratorium for rent arrears caused by COVID-19 impacts between…
The Queensland Government has announced changes to some COVID-19 arrangements for residential tenancies from 30 September. The six-month eviction moratorium to protect COVID-19 impacted tenants, which has been in place since 29 March 2020, will cease to apply from 30 September…
Ending Domestic & Family Violence – A Community Responsibility Domestic and Family Violence has come out of the shadows as all levels of government nurture programs designed to battle this deadly social disease which claims the lives of two Australians…
A recent survey conducted by the REIQ revealed that property managers proactively negotiated an additional 14% of temporary rent reduction requests beyond the COVID-19 Emergency Response Regulation, representing over 10,800 residential tenancies. That’s more than double the amount of qualified…
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